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GSV gently caress Your God posted:I laughed in particular at this: It’s also forgetting that Russia also views it as giant culture clash too. Half of their poo poo are just my chud uncles Facebook screeds about gay people or blacks or permissive satanic media.
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GSV gently caress Your God posted:I laughed in particular at this:
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RDM posted:Yeah, this war has so many geopolitical equivalents of "but did you see how Ukraine was dressed". I wish this was an oversimplified comparison but after rereading a bunch of the invasion apologism between the invasion and now ... it's bizarrely on point
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Nenonen posted:They're thermobaric rocket launchers. Shmel is a Russian favorite for resolving hostage situations
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fatherboxx posted:Shmel is a Russian favorite for resolving hostage situations Shmels like teen spirits! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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RDM posted:Yeah, this war has so many geopolitical equivalents of "but did you see how Ukraine was dressed". And "He's no angel".
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Nenonen posted:They're thermobaric rocket launchers. It comes up every once in a while, but they do have incendiary pyrogel warheads in addition to the thermobaric ones.
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ronya posted:https://twitter.com/niubi/status/1629874706764447748 The only chance the authoritarian powers had of driving a permanent wedge between the US and Europe that wasn't the result of a catastrophic Trumpian tantrum was the "economic interdependence will inevitably lead to peace and stability" theory, which Putin nuked from orbit. And even if Putin hadn't, China would've once they invaded Taiwan. Does the CCP not realize that liberal democracies (regardless of how self-righteously hypocritical one finds them) see it (and Putin's Russia) as ideologically abhorrent? I don't think "ackshually, the US are the real baddies in Ukraine" is going to do anything other than preach to the choir, unless this article is meant for global south and not EU consumption.
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fatherboxx posted:Shmel is a Russian favorite for resolving hostage situations Also carfentanil.
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Russian AWACs plane had a mysterious mishap in Belarus. https://twitter.com/Hajun_BY/status/1629892963596742660
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Deteriorata posted:Russian AWACs plane had a mysterious mishap in Belarus. Some Russian channels are reporting this mishap was Ukraine's action and Belarus must respond accordingly.
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Feb 26, 2023 20:34
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the popes toes posted:Some Russian channels are reporting this mishap was Ukraine's action and Belarus must respond accordingly. I'm sure Luka will respond similarly to the other 800 calls for action against Ukraine.
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the popes toes posted:Some Russian channels are reporting this mishap was Ukraine's action and Belarus must respond accordingly. Luka: I promise to go to total war with Ukraine until they do not have a single airborne early warning aircraft of their own left. Also, mission accomplished, the war is now over.
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Feb 26, 2023 20:58
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Deteriorata posted:Russian AWACs plane had a mysterious mishap in Belarus. According to Pravda, this was a drone attack by local partisans, in the works for months. https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2023/02/26/7391117/
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Feb 26, 2023 21:16
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cinci zoo sniper posted:According to Pravda, this was a drone attack by local partisans, in the works for months. https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2023/02/26/7391117/ Luka: I can’t help with Ukraine right now, I’ve got partisans to deal with!!! Seriously though, the man has danced on the world’s thinnest tightrope for a year now re: Ukraine.
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Discendo Vox posted:How many such AWACS planes does Russia have? A few dozens manufactured, but less than a dozen A-50U modernized variants. If this were an A-50U, there would be some incredibly angry people out there today.
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Discendo Vox posted:How many such AWACS planes does Russia have? 9 according to that Pravda article.
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kemikalkadet posted:9 according to that Pravda article. To be noted, they're the only one's pronouncing that number – one of their Belarus sources more specifically. I'm not sure where that number is from, and I can't find anything to confirm their numbers for how many are in use (instead of manufactured total, which is a bit more accessible and allows us to guess a fair upper cap), or that the serial number they mention corresponds to an U model.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:To be noted, they're the only one's pronouncing that number – one of their Belarus sources more specifically. I'm not sure where that number is from, and I can't find anything to confirm their numbers for how many are in use (instead of manufactured total, which is a bit more accessible and allows us to guess a fair upper cap), or that the serial number they mention corresponds to an U model. Wikipedia says they have 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_military_aircraft
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Deteriorata posted:Wikipedia says they have 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_military_aircraft Hmm, that seems to be A-50, A-50U, and A-100 combined, and the source is some kind of Embraer marketing. Why not, I guess, cheers. Some is pissed then even if this isn't A-50U.
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Icon Of Sin posted:Luka: I can’t help with Ukraine right now, I’ve got partisans to deal with!!! He does seem very adept at doing that. Besides threatening to invade, what other hooks does Putin have in him? Like what material support does Russia supply his government?
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Owling Howl posted:And "He's no angel". Considering the "anti-imperialists" saying these sorts of things, my more favored comparison is something along the lines of "You support Palestinians? Well, how about that Hamas  "
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Deteriorata posted:Wikipedia says they have 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_military_aircraft The non-U versions were introduced in 1985, and 6 at that list are one-offs intended for some specific role or export versions. Regardless of if its modernized or not, someone is getting fired for storing a working condition plane in an airfield where drone attacks can happen, partisans or not. vvvv so far only Ukrainian government media and C-tier news sites have reported the loss of plane, or explosions at the airfield. Remains to be seen if this actually happened, and if something did explode, what it was. Der Kyhe fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Feb 26, 2023 |
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Deteriorata posted:Russian AWACs plane had a mysterious mishap in Belarus. Yeah, I just heard about this, but wasn't sure if this guy was legit, despite having a legacy blue checkmark and being an advisor to Belarus' exiled President. https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1629940348515500037?s=20
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GABA ghoul posted:Hell, same. You can say a lot of things about GBS posters but none of them think the abduction and murder of my family members during the great terror was funny and well deserved. And I respect that in people. It's a strong sign of a non-sociopathic personality. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, I just heard about this, but wasn't sure if this guy was legit, despite having a legacy blue checkmark and being an advisor to Belarus' exiled President. the pro-RU telegram channel 'fighterbomber' which has confirmed Russian aviation losses in the past (and also been the source for some footage not found elsewhere) initially said that no A-50s were harmed today, but later amended his post  
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cinci zoo sniper posted:A few dozens manufactured, but less than a dozen A-50U modernized variants. If this were an A-50U, there would be some incredibly angry people out there today. Also some very happy ones. That is a smart target if you only have one shot at an airbase.
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Ynglaur posted:Also some very happy ones. That is a smart target if you only have one shot at an airbase. That goes without saying, there are no small or unimportant AEW&C assets.
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Further investigation and exhumation regarding Russian war crimes are revealing the depth of brutality visited upon innocent people. https://twitter.com/Lyla_lilas/status/1629906366163742720?t=yNFibdK9TXGtMc1lOFyJsQ&s=19 Absolutely shameful.
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:This one? (It starts with avocados, but eventually meanders over to the mining machines that ended up being outsourced to the Czech Republic.) That was it and lol what a ride, especially with the whole element of "tiers of things a mafia can do versus what it can delegate"
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Also, from that Global Times article was this line, which was, in euphamism, lamenting that the Ukrainian people had as much popular will to defend themselves as they do:quote:For a year, the people of Ukraine and Europe have been suffering, but the rising calls for a cease-fire have not deterred the US from insisting on "fighting to the last Ukrainian." The harsh reality in the past year has given the world a clearer understanding of the US' hegemonic narrative. Gee whiz, wonder why that could be: Paracausal posted:Further investigation and exhumation regarding Russian war crimes are revealing the depth of brutality visited upon innocent people.
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5[quote="confused" post="530095852"] He does seem very adept at doing that. Besides threatening to invade, what other hooks does Putin have love to expand the union state but you know I really must also play to Europe for the economy... but if perhaps you could help a bit..."
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cinci zoo sniper posted:There's been a lot of recent coverage about the 1-year anniversary of this war, including a fair bit of great photography. All links are the Roman Bordun ones are insanely good
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for reasons ranging from corpses and wounds to the sheer desolation of the war, but I can only recommend sitting down with all of this for a cup of coffee or two, if you've followed the war closely.
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GSV gently caress Your God posted:I laughed in particular at this: Its pretty odd the way that these articles don't really give much weight to the notion that in the event that the West was creating some kind of Wile E. Coyote Acme trap to goad the Russians into invading Ukraine so they can drop an anvil on them, the surest way for the Russians to avoid such a dastardly plan is to... simply not invade. But then maybe this is why I'm not in charge of the most powerful countries on Earth.
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khwarezm posted:Its pretty odd the way that these articles don't really give much weight to the notion that in the event that the West was creating some kind of Wile E. Coyote Acme trap to goad the Russians into invading Ukraine so they can drop an anvil on them, the surest way for the Russians to avoid such a dastardly plan is to... simply not invade. There's a strange "leftist" school of thought that states only America truly has agency in world politics and every other government essentially only ever reacts to American stimulus. It's not phrased this way but that's what, when you strip away all the cruft and phraseology and caveats, they're actually saying. The arguments you're talking about come from this school of thought.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:There's a strange "leftist" school of thought that states only America truly has agency in world politics and every other government essentially only ever reacts to American stimulus. It's not phrased this way but that's what, when you strip away all the cruft and phraseology and caveats, they're actually saying. The arguments you're talking about come from this school of thought. I think it comes from looking at aspects of hardcore realism and saying "ah, neat, this serves my purposes" without checking the WARNING: BASICALLY FASCISM label. Mixed in with the usual fact that lots of Americans don't actually examine the problem with our baked in exceptionalism so much as just turn it on it's head and go from there.
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khwarezm posted:Its pretty odd the way that these articles don't really give much weight to the notion that in the event that the West was creating some kind of Wile E. Coyote Acme trap to goad the Russians into invading Ukraine so they can drop an anvil on them, the surest way for the Russians to avoid such a dastardly plan is to... simply not invade. I believe the framing is Mr. Putin had no choice. Indeed, he warned the West many times against this political adventure, and so unheeded, he did what he said he would do. The West didn't necessarily trap him as wantonly challenged him. The reasons for the West's goading are various and none of them make the least bit of sense. All of the notions completely reject Ukraine's agency (the US forced Maidan by machinations) and utterly ignore Ukraine's desire to prosper via a euro model instead of the Russian one. All mentions of sovereignty are brushed aside by the claim that Ukraine is doing the bidding of the US who completely control Ukraine's choices. It's clear, in that framing, that the US interrupted Ukraine's initial peace talks with threats so as to implement their fully developed plan to weaken Russia because "the West wants our x". It would all be so laughable if people weren't dying by the scores daily and deeply depressing there are US citizens of some influence who no longer believe that democracies challenged by authoritarian brutality should be challenged. the popes toes fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Feb 27, 2023 |
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